Climate Change Deniers: Why You Should Still Care About Going Green

On October 20, 2022 by Lazer Horse

Whether or not you believe that the climate crisis is imminent, there are plenty of good reasons to care about going green. Here, we discuss health, wealth, and war. Climate change is a...

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Beautiful Scientific Images From The Biodiversity Heritage Library

On February 9, 2022 by Lazer Horse

Recently, the Biodiversity Heritage Library made millions of beautiful biological images free to use for anyone via their Flickr account. There are some true gems in here, and they’re free for anyone to...

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Lazer Horse’s Predictions For 2020

On December 19, 2019 by Lazer Horse

Each year, I polish my powers of foresight. As it stands, they are incredibly weak; so weak, in fact, that they are not perceptible. I didn’t bother writing predictions for 2019 because 2018...

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WERE ANY DINOSAURS PINK?

On September 18, 2019 by Lazer Horse

Dinosaurs lived and evolved across millions of years. Thanks to recent discoveries and advances in technology, it is now possible to at least guess at the colours of some dinosaurs. Here, we ask...

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The Helmeted Hornbill And Its “Ivory”

On June 25, 2018 by Lazer Horse

The hornbills are an odd-looking family of birds, and the helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) is arguably the black sheep of the family. Here, we unfurl its tragic tale. With its incredible head adornment...

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Life-saving Skin Graft Replaces 80% Of Boy’s Skin

On November 17, 2017 by Lazer Horse
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In a groundbreaking treatment, scientists create enough skin to cover 80 percent of a boys’ body. The procedure saved the life of a 7-year-old with a rare genetic disease. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB)...

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Mind-Blowing Technologies That Have Influenced Industries

On October 19, 2017 by Muelo
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Admittedly, it’s impossible to list all the technological developments that have influenced and transformed our lives around the world in a single article, but we thought we’d give it a try to demonstrate...

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Black Death Art: Plague Inspired Paintings

On December 10, 2016 by Lazer Horse
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The Black Death peaked in Europe around 1348. It killed indiscriminately, it killed swiftly, and it killed en masse. Returning in waves, by the time it had ended, it had killed more than one-third of...

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Old Anatomy Drawings: Beautifully Strange

On October 29, 2016 by Lazer Horse
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Us humans have long had a fascination with our own insides. After all, we’re able to do a wide range of things that a bag of blood and squishy bits shouldn’t really be capable of....

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Cannibal Chickens Wearing Rose-Tinted Glasses

On October 8, 2016 by Lazer Horse
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This is a story of chicken farming, rose-tinted spectacles, and the fight against cannibalism. It’s a rather bleak affair to be honest, but worth knowing about. In the seedy world of early 20th-century chicken...

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